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  1. calibrated
    marked with or divided into degrees
    Your speakers are now fully __________ and adjusted, immersing you in delicious surround sound.
  2. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
    If you have a sense of _________ you have become afraid, disoriented, or completely befuddled.
  3. cower
    crouch or curl up
    Whether they live in the country or city, any mouse will ________ when a huge, hungry cat approaches.
  4. hindrance
    any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
    An untied shoelace is a _________ to walking.
  5. luminous
    softly bright or radiant
    During the winter holidays, with all their emphasis on light, you can see ________ displays of candles everywhere.
  6. symmetry
    balance among the parts of something
    A human body has such complex ________, from eyes, ears, and nostrils to arms, legs, and feet, that even a minor injury can make a body look unbalanced.
  7. synchronizing
    the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
    ____________ start times should help you cross the finish line together.
  8. vague
    lacking clarity or distinctness
    When something is ______, it’s unclear, murky, and hard to understand.
  9. vigilance
    the process of paying close and continuous attention
    A prison guard might be required to maintain _______ the whole time she's working, always being alert and watchful.
  10. wince
    draw back, as with fear or pain
    He ______ at the thought of the pain he had inflicted.
  11. indomitable
    impossible to subdue
    People described as having __________ spirits don't need pep talks or protein shakes.
  12. omen
    a sign of a thing about to happen
    It’s believed to be a bad ____ if a black cat crosses your path.
  13. unavailing
    producing no result or effect
    All efforts to pass around the projecting cliff, to which the name of Cape Constitution was given, proved ________.
  14. voluble
    marked by a ready flow of speech
    You’ll know it when you meet ______ talkers: they just keep rolling on and on.
  15. withered
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
    If your skin is looking a little ______ from being out in the sun all the time, it's time for a really good moisturizer.
  16. annihilate
    kill in large numbers
    I will _____ all traces of your existence.
  17. expendable
    suitable to be used up
    If you lose or use ___________ funds, you won't miss the money.
  18. infinitesimal
    immeasurably small
    The distance between 1st and 2nd was so ________ small the officials had to stare at the finish photo for an hour!
  19. primeval
    having existed from the beginning
    Those ruins are so old they are _____.
  20. resilient
    recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
    If you're rough on your toys, the ones that don't break are ______.
  21. revoke
    cancel officially
    In addition, at least three other states — Illinois, New Jersey and Wisconsin — suspended or _______ programs that allowed well-behaved inmates to earn early parole.
  22. sheathed
    enclosed in a protective covering
    After he _____ his sword in his leather covering, he walked away.
  23. subliminal
    below the threshold of conscious perception
    And there’s another way your brain receives information: through ________ messages.
  24. taint
    place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
    If you ____ someone's drink with poison it would kill them.
  25. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
    He could not see through the ________ water.
  26. abdicate
    give up power, duties, or obligations
    When someone steps down from power they ____ their authority.
  27. benediction
    a blessing or ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
    When the warrior was going out for battle the priest gave him a _______ and said " good luck".
  28. contour
    a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height
    . You might buy the kind of shoes that are designed to _______ or mold to the shape of your feet over time.
  29. flax
    plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem
    The ____ plant is important in making linen fabric.
  30. heretic
    a person whose religious beliefs conflict with church dogma
    Christian people thought that witches were _____ and burned them.
  31. hinterland
    a remote and undeveloped area
    John lived in a very remote _______ town and could not get TV reception.
  32. illegible
    unable to be read
    Jack's handwriting is so bad that it can be _____ sometimes.
  33. raspingly
    in a harsh and grating manner
    He continued talking but he ________ cleared his throat.
  34. recite
    repeat aloud from memory
    In NJROTC you have to ______ all of the Orders of the Sentry.
  35. thatch
    plant stalks used as roofing material
    There used to be ________ huts along here and piles of hides and smoked beef ready for barter.
  36. analyze
    break down into components or essential features
    But the case was dropped after his backup sample was mistakenly frozen, leaving too few red blood cells to ______.
  37. astutely
    in a wise or thoughtful manner
    Anyhow, some of my numbers, as a reader ______
    pointed out, were off in the last blog post.
  38. construe
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
    If you interpret something or make sense of it, you _____ its meaning.
  39. impenetrable
    not admitting of passage into or through
    ___________ describes something that's impossible to get through.
  40. impudent
    improperly forward or bold
    An _________ person is bold, sassy, and shameless.
  41. myopia
    eyesight abnormality in which distant objects appear blurred
    _______ is nearsightedness, which means you see things more clearly that are closer to your eye.
  42. proximity
    the property of being close together
    It was hard not to see him cheating, when our desks are in such close ________ to one another.
  43. versatility
    having a wide variety of skills
    _________ allows you to adapt to many different situations.
  44. prevalent
    most frequent or common
    Something _______ is common in a particular place at a particular time.
  45. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
    It can be hard to give an oral report in the front of a classroom when the kids in the back are being _______.
Created on 八月 28, 2011 (updated 八月 28, 2011)

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